Standup comedy hasn't evolved much since the glory days of ventriloquist and puppet. Every so often, there's a Gallagher smashing watermelons or a musical funnyman like Jack Black, but for the most part, comedy is a dude on a stage with a microphone, plodding through a joke-punchline-new-joke routine.

You're funny. You need to change the course of comedy forever. Every Monday the Grit City Comedy Club opens its stage to the public for a comedy open mic.

Explore the space. Head for space.

GRIT CITY COMEDY CLUB, 8 P.M., NO COVER, 445 TACOMA AVE. S., TACOMA, 253.961.4262